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Coming Sunday: The NCAA tournament field

March 20, 2011 at 5:26AM

NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT

Selection show: 10:30 a.m. today, ESPN2

Qualifying teams: 16

Automatic qualifiers: Conference tournament champions from WCHA (North Dakota), Atlantic Hockey Association (Air Force), CCHA (Miami of Ohio), ECAC (Yale) and Hockey East (Boston College).

Friday-Saturday regionals: East (Bridgeport, Conn.), West (St. Louis)

Saturday-Sunday regionals: Northeast (Manchester, N.H.), Midwest (Green Bay, Wis.)

Frozen Four: April 7 and 9, Xcel Energy Center

2010 champion: Boston College

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